The epistemological turn in bioethics

Abstract

The following article addresses the discussion on an epistemological turn in bioethics. As the main problem that guides this discussion, it proposes how to achieve an epistemological turn in bioethics, and as objective, to discuss the importance of demarcating an epistemological turn in this field of practical knowledge. An epistemological turn implies to discuss properly the interpretation of the concept bioethics, to expose basic aspects on why bioethics require to base their autonomy as knowledge, to specify their object of study and demarcate the methodological procedure to produce and enunciate knowledge. On the other hand, and in general terms, it discusses the problem of reducing bioethics to four principles and to raise it to an academic speech as well, without any linkage to the professional activity.

Keywords

• bioethics
• epistemology
• hermeneutics
• principlism
• methodology
• ethics
• autonomy